Biography
Jeff Oestreich (b. St Paul, Minnesota, USA 1947) studied at the Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota with Warren Mackenzie (1924-2018). In 1969 he also apprenticed under Bernard Leach in Cornwall, UK for two years. He was heavily influenced by Japanese pottery, due to the fact that Leach had spent many years making work in Japan. He has also done salt glazing which has its origins in Germany whilst maintaining an interest in Art Deco architecture and American visual sources.
